diaspora/diaspora — Issue #2249: @ mentioning people in a post makes the post visible for those people.
Author: tanghus
Created: 2011-10-26 18:08:17+00:00
State: open

If you @mention people in a post in an aspect they are not in, they can see the post, but don't get any notification and they can't comment or 'Like'.

I see (at least) three solutions for this

1. They should be included in that specific post (get notification and being able to like and comment), or:
2. You shouldn't be able to @mention people in a post in an aspect they're not in.
3. If you @mention people in a post it should create a link to their profile as happens with public posts, but no notifications should be sent and the post should only be viewable for the people in the selected aspect(s).

There is a lengthy [discussion about it](https://joindiaspora.com/posts/677393).
Personally I prefer the third option. It should be the easiest to implement(?) as it is "only" a matter of not making the post visible for the @mentioned people, yet it still gives you the ability to easily link to a profile.